Working on the right thing is probably
more important than working hard.

–Caterina Fake

The best designers and the best programmers aren’t the ones
with the best skills, or the nimblest fingers, or the ones who can
rock and roll with photoshop or vim, they are the ones that can determine what just doesn’t matter. That’s where the real
gains are made. - Jason Fried

We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, therefore, is not an
act, but a habit. - Aristotle.

"No one loves authenticity like a graphic designer.
And no one is quite as good at simulating it."
-Michael Bierut

My M.O. became about trying stuff and not worrying
about the grid or the structure until I have a feeling for
what I’m doing. Then you tidy it up after. If you start off
tidy, it’s really hard to get messy. -April Greiman

“James Joyce was a synthesizer, trying to bring
in as much as he could. I am an analyzer, trying
to leave out as much as I can.” - Samuel Beckett